I tend to agree. Unfortunately, one of my formerly favorite authors has fallen off the deep end from this very thing. Laurell Hamilton, who first few books I adored, has turned into a porn queen Mary Sue hack, and I think the review you cite points to part of the reason why. I think sometimes the problem isn't so much that the reader is distracted by the sex, as it is that the *author* is...know what I mean?

-Rhi